Demagnetizing control system



March 17, 1953 J. J. JAEGER ,632,

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March 17, 1953 J. J. JAEGER DEMAGNETIZING CONTROL SYSTEM 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 Filed May 6, 1950 Patented Mar. 17, 1953 DEMAGNETIZING CONTROL SYSTEM Jacob J. Jaeger, Canton Center, Conn., assignor to Niles-Bement-Pond Company, West Hartford, Conn., av corporation of New Jersey Application May 6, 1950, Serial No. 160,425

8 Claims. 1

The invention relates to a demagnetizing con,- trol system adapted to remove residual magnetism from electromagnets, such as magnetic chucks of machine tools and work pieces on said chucks after the magnetizing current has been interrupted.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a device including a series of time-controlled, cam-operated switches which will automatically effect a gradual demagnetization of an electromagnet, such as a magnetic work holding chuck, by applying a series of D. C. voltage impulses to the magnet winding alternately in opposite directions, each reversal impulse being of decreased strength until a value is reached where practically no residual magnetism will remain in the magnet.

It is a further object of the. present invention to provide in such device a transformer with a variable output voltage and driving means adapted to change the position of the voltage regulating mechanism of said transformer under the control of one of the aforementioned cam-controlled switches associated with said driving means.

It is a still further object of the present invention to provide in such device an auto-transformer, the variable voltage regulating mechanism of which is driven by a reversible motor, and limit switches positioned and actuated at the ends of the path of said regulating mechanism adapted to interrupt the current supply to and thereby stop said reversible motor each time the highest and. lowest regulating positions are obtained, one of theaforementioned cam-operated switches controlling the driving direction of said reversible motor.

Another and important object of this invention is to provide two of the cam-operated switches as current-direction reversing switches in the circuit of the electromagnet, such as the magnetic chuck.

It is another object of the invention to provide a motor, simultaneously driving all of the cams of said cam-operated switches at a substantially constant speed, there being a limit switch in the circuit of said motor positioned at the lower regulating end of th regulating mechanism, of the reversible motor, the limit switch being normaily open and adapted to be closed when the movable member of the regulating mechanism reaches its lower regulatin limit, whereby the cam-driving motor is started in operation when the movable member of the regulating mechanism is at its lower regulating limit.

And finally it is an object of the invention to provide circuits for demagnetizing an electromagnet, the reversing of the switch for reversing the current to the magnet taking place when the voltage at the reversing switch is zero.

Other and further objects and advantages of the present invention will be more fully understood by reference to the following description and the accompanying drawings, illustrating a preferred embodiment thereof, wherein:

Figure 1 shows a circuit diagram of a device, according to the invention, with manual switches in position for magnetizing an electromagnet.

Figure 2 is the same circuit diagram with the manual switches in position for demagnetizing an electromagnet in accordance with this invention.

Figure 3 is a diagrammaticdeveloped view of the developed cams with the respectively coopcrating switches indicated at the right side thereof and the curve of the demagnetizing current at the consecutive angular positions of said cams, illustrated thereunder.

In Figure l of the drawings, the primary side of an. input transformer I0 is connected to the terminals I l and !2 of an A. C. current source, the secondary side of said transformer being connected to a potentiometer or variable transformer l3 which is associated with an autoetransformer 24. A rotatable arm [5 of said potentiometer or variable transformer i3 is adapted to slide over contacts connected to taps in the winding of the potentiometer or variable transformer 3. The rotatable arm i5 is turned by a reversible motor Id of the synchronous induction type having three leads ll, l8 and IQ, of which lead Il-is the common lead, while either of the leads Hi and I9 interconnected by a resistor 20 and a condenser 21 providing a phase-splitting circuit, is used to supply current to said motor, whereby the latter rotates in the one or other direction, respectively. A reduction gear, not shown in the drawing, is provided between the shaft of the reversible motor l8 and the rotating shaft of the arm 15. For example, the reversible motor It may make 72 R. P. M. in either direction and the reduction ratio of the gear may be 3 to 1, or any other convenient ratio. The driving connection between the reversible motor l6 and the arm [5 is indicated in the drawing by dash-dot line 22. The arm [5 travels from its lowest voltage position at left through an angle of about 140 to reach the full voltage position at right. Actually, said angle may be much larger, for, example, 300".

A conductor 23 is connected to the leftterminals of the secondary of the input transformer 10 of the variable transformer is and of the autotransformer 14. Input leads 2d and of a fullwave rectifier 26, preferably of the copper oxide or other plate type, are connected to the right terminal of the auto-transformer it and to the conductor 23, respectively. Output leads 2's and 28 of said rectifier 26 are connected to one of the two contacts on. one side of each of two camcontrolled switches 29 and 3t in-such a n e that the polarity at the output sides of said switches is reversed when the switches are actuated. The single contacts at the output sides of said switches 29 and 3d are connected to the winding of an electromagnet chuck 3! or the like, so that said winding is fed by a D. C. current of changing direction, when the switches 29 and 3B are alternately operated. While these switches are in one or other of their positions, the oltage of the A. C. current supply to the rectifier 26, and thereby the D. C. output voltage of the latter fed to the electromagnet 3! through the camoperated switches 29 and this varied from minimum to maximum values and vice versa by turning the contact arm 55 of the variable transformer l3 under control of the reversible motor 16, as Wil1 be explained below.

The common lead ll of the reversible motor IE5 is directly connected to the conductor 23, while each of the opposite leads I 8 and l 9 of said motor is connected to one of the two contacts on one side of a cam-operated switch 32 through a high limit switch 33 and a low limit switch 3 3, respectively. These limit switches are normally held in closed positions, for example, under spring action. The high limit switch 33 is actually located at the high voltage or right end of the regulatin path of the arm t5 of the transformer l3 and the contacts of said switch are o ened by said arm, when it arrives at said end. The low limit switch at is actually associated with the low or left end of the regulating path of the arm I5 and the contacts of the latter switch are also opened by said arm, when it arrives at the low voltage or left end. When the arm !5 leaves on or the other of its ends, the contacts of the respective limit switches are automatically closed under action of their springs. For the sake of clarity, the actual location of the two limit switches 33 and '34. as described above, is not illustrated in Figure 1. The

single contact opposite the two contacts of the switch 32 can be connected to the right side of the secondary of the in ut transformer ii and to the right side of the winding of the transformer I3, through conductor use. cam-operated switch 35, conductor 36, lower arm 3'5 of a manual double pole switch 33 and conductor 39. The camcperated switch can be bridged by an upper arm 4!! of a manual double pole switch ii.

A motor 42 through an internal reduct on gearing, not shown in the drawing, is adapted to drive a cam shaft at a relatively low speed of, for eX- ample, one half R. P. M. six cams I29, ls l, I32, I35, I43 and Mt are mounted on and rotated by this cam shaft, the developed cams being diagrammatically shown in Figure 3 of the drawin associated with their respective switches. According to Figure 1. the motor !-2 is directly connected to the conductor 23 and to conductor 35 through cam-operated, two-contact switch &3 either by conductor 4d, the lower arm 45 of the manual double pole switch M, or by a camoperated switch 455, the conductor l? and camo erated switch 35. The conductor 36 is connectable to the ri ht side of the secondary of the input transformer It and the right side of t transformer It by the lower arm 3'! of the manual double pole switch 38 and conductor 39.

A low limit switch 43 located at the low voltage or left side of the transformer 13 can bridge the contacts of the cam-operated switch 46, the contacts of the low limit switch 38 being normally held open, for example, by spring action, and being adapted to be closed by the arm 15 of the transformer 13 when the arm 15 reaches'the low voltage or left end position of its path. When the arm It leaves this position, the contacts of, the low limit switch 48 are opened under action of its spring.

A first signal light' iil is connected across the conductors 23 and I3 1 by the conductors 50 and 5|, respectively. A second signal light 52 can be connected to the conductor 23 through a conductor 53 and to the conductor 39 by a conductor 5 and an upper arm 55 of the manual double pole switch 38. There is also provided a conductor 56 between the conductor 54 and the wire connecting the lower limit switch 34 and the one of the two contacts on one side of the cam-operated switch 32.

The two manual switches 33 and 4| of double pole type are constructed in such a manner that one arm of each of said switches is in closed position, while the other is in open position and vice versa.

With reference to Figure 3, the different cams operate the following switches:

Cam-operated switch Cam As clearly shown in Figure 3, the conformation of these cams differs from one another in accordance with the required actuation of the individual switches. While each of the cams I35 and M3 has only one notch, a plurality of notches is provided in the other cams. the lengths and location of said notches being different over the length of each cam. These notches and the operation of the cam-operated switches by said notches Will be explained below together with the operation of the control system. The cooperation of the respective cams and switches Will be understood with reference to the diagrammatic representation of the open and closed condition of these switches at the left side of theircams.

The operation of the device according to Figures l and 3 is as follows.

When the electromagnet 3| is to be magnetized,

the manual on-off switch 4! is moved from its ofi position to the on position, while the manual power-residual magnetism switch 38 is moved to the power position. The switches 4! and 38 are shown in these positions in Figure 1. A. C. current will thus be supplied from the secondary of the input transformer it to the camdriving motor 42 through the conductor 23, the conductor 39, the lower arm Iii of the manual switch 3%, conductor at, the upper arm 46 of the manual switch 45, the conductor 134, the camoperated switch it held in closed position by its cam M6 in the beginning of this operation, the cam-operated switch t3 held in the position shown in Figure 1 by its cam Hit in the beginning of this operation (see Figure 3). The motor 42 will start to run and slowly rotate all of the cams.

The reversible motor [6' turningthe arm [.5 of the variable transformer I3. does not start to run immediately, because it is not. supplied with A. C. current in the beginning of this operation, as the motor circuit is interrupted by the open contacts of the lower limit switch 34 held in this position by said arm. it which is at the lower regulating end of its path, as shown in Figure 1.

When the cams have turned through an angle of about 10, the following switch operations take place: the earns :35 and I32. actuate their switches 35 and 32, respectively. The new positions of these switches are indicated by dotted'lines in Figure 1. While the operation of the switch 35 merely closes a signal light circuit through the lamp 49 by conductors 34', 5 I, so and 23, the motor [.6 is put in operation by the actuation of the switch 32, since the motor circuit is now closed as follows: This. circuit can be traced starting from the left side of the input transformer I 0 through the conductor 23, the lead !'I, the motor iii, the lead the closed high limit switch 33, the cam-operated switch 32 (in dotted position), the conductor 534, the upper arm fill of the manual switch ll, the conductor 3%, the lower arm. 3'! of the manual switch 33, the conductor 39 to the right side. of the secondary above transformer it. As the motor 5% is fed through the lead 13 of the phase-splitting system, it is turning the arm 15 of the transformer [3 in the direction of the arrow 57, i. e., from low voltage to high voltage, whereby the voltage at the terminals of the auto-transformer i4 is increase-:1 from a minimum to a maximumvalue during this turning step taking place rapidly with respect to. the advance of the cams driven by the motor s2. The high end position of the arm i 5 is indicated with a dotted line. Thus, the rectifier 26 connected to the terminals of the auto-transformer it through the conductors 24, and 23 is fed with an A. C. current of a voltage rapidly increasing as described above. The D. C.. output current of the rectifier increasing correspondingly is supplied to the terminals of the electromagnet 3! through the conductors 2? and 28 and the camoperated switches 29 and as closed in one position which will not be changed during this step, since the formation of the two cams i528 and 353 is unchanged over a considerable length, as shown in Figure 3. D. C. current-time curve below the developed cams in this figure indicates how the current in the winding of the electromagnet 3i rapidly increases, until it reaches its maximum value, when the arm i5 01'' the transformer 53 arrives at the right or high voltage regulating end of its path and stops the motor 56 by separating the contacts of the high voltage limit switch 33. In the meantime, the motor 5.2 has turned the cams through an angle of about 30 and the camoperated switches d3, 4% and 32 (see Figure 3) have been actuated, i. e., are in the positions shown in dotted lines in Figure l. The current supply to motor 42 is thus interrupted and this motor therefore stopped. The maximum magnetizing C. current is now permanently acting on the electromagnet 3i, which can be used in the usual manner to hold work pieces or the like. With the switches in this position, signal light 49 indicates that the power is on the electromagnet 39.

Figure a shows the same circuit diagram as Figure l with the exception that the manual switch 5! is moved to the position for demagnoticing the electromagnet 3i in accordance with the present control, while the manual switch 38 6 is left in the same position as beiore. The camoperated switches and the limit switches are shown in their position at the start of this demagnetizing operation withv full lines, The demagnetizing cycles take place as follows.

As a result of the closing of the contacts of the lower arm 45' or" the manual switch 4|, a circuit through the cam-driving. motor e2 is-completed. This circuit can be traced from the left side of the secondary of input transformer Iii through conductor 23, motor 32, earn-operated switch 43, conductor 44, lower arm 45 of the manual switch of, conductor 85,. lower arm 32' of the manual switch. 38, conductor 39 to the right side of the secondary of the input transformer IE3. The motor l2 starts torun and rotates the cams, whereby the switches 43 and 32 are operated, as can be easily understood by an. inspection of Figure 3. The switch i3 is. moved by its cam I43 during this switching operation to the position shown by a dotted line in Figure The circuit through motor 42 is now interrupted and'the motor stops. Due to the operation of switch 32-, which has taken place before motor 42 has stopped, the switch was moved from the position shown by a full line in Figure 2 to the position indicated by a dotted line, whereby the circuit through the reversible motor i8 is closed in such a manner that this motor moves the arm [5. of the variable transformer !3 from its high voltage position shown with a full line, to its low position, indicated by a dotted line, in the direction of the arrow 5c. The circuit through the reversible motor 35 can be traced from the leitside of the secondary of the input transformer it through conductor 23, lead '5, motor [5,. lead 59, the closed lower limit switch as, cam-operated switch 32 (in dotted position), conductor 53%, cam-operated switch 35, conductor 33, lower arm 3'! of the manual. switch 38, conductor 39 to the right side of the secondary of the input transform r it. As a result of the moving of arm. it from high to low voltage in the direction of the arrow 58 at a relatively high speed, the I). 0. current supplied to the electromagnet 3! i rapidly decreasedzirom its maximum at in Figure 3 to zero at E3.

When the arm l5 arrives at the low voltage or left end of its path, it actuates the two limit switches 34 and is located at said end, as mentioned in the foregoing. The normally .closed limit switch 34 is opened interrupting the cirsuit of the motor [5 and stoppingth'e latter, while the normally open limit switch 43 is closed; whereby the circuit of. the previously stopped motor '42 is completed and. this motor starts to run again. The circuit through the motor #2 can be traced from the left side of the secondary of the input transformer ii.- through conductor 23, motor 42, cam-operated switch 43 (in dotted position), low voltage limit switch it (in dotted position), conductor l34, cam-operated switch 35, conductor 36, lower arm 31 of the manualswitch 38, conductor 39 to the right side of the secondary of the input transformer As the cams are rotated by the motor as, the following operations take place: the cam M6 operates, i. e., closes, the switch is (see dotted position in Figure 2) and cams I33 and i'oactuate the switches 29 and 39, respectively, whereby the direction of the D. C. current supplied from the the rectifier iii to the winding of the electromagnet 3| is reversed. The new position of the switches 29 and 3!! is indicated by dotted lines.

Thereafter, the reversible motor 16 previously stopped is put in operation by the action of the cam I32 returning switch 32 to its original position, shown by a full line in Figure 2. The running direction of the motor I is reversed by this operation of the switch 32, since the motor circuit is closed by lead I8 and high voltage limit switch 33 (in dotted position). The arm I5 of the variable transformer I3 is now turned from low voltage position to high voltage position in a direction opposite with respect to the direction of the arrow 58 and the D. C. voltage supplied to the electromagnet Si is rapidly increased. As the direction of the D. 0. current was reversed by the actuation of the switches and 55, a negative current curve having its peak at 5! is obtained, as shown in Figure 3. Before the arm I5 arrives at its high voltage or right end of its regulating path, the running direction of the motor I5 turning said arm is reversed by the actu ation of switch 32 which is moved by cam I32 from the position shown in a full line to the position indicated in a dotted line, thus interrupting the motor circuit through lead I8 and high voltage limit switch and closing the circuit by lead l5 and low voltage limit switch 34.

As the motor circuit through lead It was interrupted, before arm I5 reached its high or right end position, the maximum value of the demagnetizing current pulse 5i is somewhat lower than the magnetizing current 59 when the power was on the electromagnet 3 I. Actually, the projection on cam I32 causing this actuation of switch 32 at the projection end is so short that motor it was reversed before arm I5 had reached its end position, so that the demagnetizing current phase with a slightly lower maximum value was obtained.

Cam M6 now operates the closed switch 16, i. e., this switch is opened and thereby the circuit through cam-driving motor 42 is interrupted and the motor is stopped.

The motor it was energized by the previous moving of the cam-operated switch 32 to the dotted position in such a manner that the motor turns the arm I5 of the variable transformer is in the direction of the arrow 58, whereby the D. C. voltage supplied to the electromagnet 3! is gradually decreased to zero. The zero point of the current curve of this pulse is specified by the numeral 62 in Figure 3. When arm I5 arrives at the low voltage or left end of its path, the two low voltage limit switches 34 and 48 are operated, i. e., the closed low voltage limit switch 34 is opened and the circuit through motor i5 is interrupted and the motor stopped, while the open l low voltage limit switch 68 is closed, whereby the circuit through cam-driving motor 42 is closed and this motor restarted for a new pulse. The cams are rotated by this motor and the following operations take place: the two current direction reversing switches 29 and 35 are actuated by their cams I29 and I 35, respectively. Thereafter, switches 46 and 32 are operated by the cams I and I32, respectively, in the same manner as during the previous demagnetizing pulse. However, the new current pulse is in the opposite direction in view of the reversing of the current by the actuation of the switches 25 and 35. Furthermore, the maximum voltage value at 53 in Figure 3 of this new current pulse is lower than that of the previous pulses, since the projections on the cams I45 and I52 actuating the switches 5t and 32, respectively, during this pulse are shorter than the projections acting on these switches during the previous pulse. The demagnetizing operation continues with further pulses of gradually decreasing peak values alternately in opposite direction, the pulses being obtained principally in the same manner as described in the foregoing for the first demagnetizing pulse. The projection on the cams I48, I32, I29 and I30 are gradually decreasing in length, as shown in Figure 3.

While only one cycle of four pulses can be obtained with the set of cams shown in Figure 3, this cycle is repeated three times. This is made possible by providing three sets of these cams around the cam shaft, each of these sets having an arcuate length of 120, so that the three sets together have an arcuate length of 360. When the cam shaft makes a full revolution, three complete cycles will be completed. At the end of this demagnetizing operation, practically no residual magnetism will be left in the electromagnet 3| and a work piece supported thereon can be removed without difficulties. The demagnetizing step is finished, when the cam I35 actuates the switch 35 at the end of said cam, i. e., the switch 35 is opened and the circuit through motor 42 interrupted and said motor stopped.

During the demagnetizing step the circuit through the signal light 19 was closed, so that said lamp indicated this operation. This lamp circuit can be traced from the left side of the secondary of the input transformer I6 through conductors 23 and 55, lamp 49, conductors 5! and I34, cam-operated switch 35, conductor 55, lower arm 31 of the manual switch 38, conductor 39 to the right side of the secondary of the input transformer I 0. When the switch 35 opened at the end of the demagnetizing step, the lamp circuit was likewise interrupted, extinguishing the light.

The new device permits demagnetizing electromagnet 31 without using the gradually decreasing pulse method described in the foregoing. For this operation, the manual switch 58 is moved from the position shown with full lines in Figure l to the position indicated with dotted lines, when the power is on the electromagnet. The switch ll remains in the same position as shown in Figure 1. By this change in the position of said switch 3%, its lower arm 3'! interrupts the circuit through the motor 42, while its upper arm completes a circuit through the signal light 52. This circuit can be traced from the left side of the secondary of the input transformer I5, through conductors 23 and 53, lamp 52, concluctor 54, upper arm 55 of the manual switch 38, conductor 39 to the right side of the secondary of the input transformer II). The lamp 52 lights up indicating the demagnetizing step without using the gradually decreasing pulse method.

Simultaneously a circuit through the motor I5 is closed, which can be traced as follows: from the left side of the secondary of the input transformer I0 through conductor 23, lead Ii, motor i6, lead I9, closed low voltage limit switch 34, conductor 56, conductor 54, upper arm 55 of the manual switch 38, conductor 59 to the right side of the secondary of the input transformer Hi. The motor I6 starts to run and returns the arm I5 of the variable transformer I3 from its high voltage or right position, in which it remained while the power was on the electromagnet 3i, to its low voltage or left position, whereby the magnetizing current is decreased from its full value to zero. When the arm I5 arrives at the low voltage end of its path, the low voltage limit switch is opened, the circuit through the motor I6 interrupted and this motor stopped. The demagnetizing operation is thus completed, i. e., some residual magnetism, however, will be left in the electromagnet 3! in this case.

The two original lights indicate to the operator the proper operation of the device, 1. e., only one of the lamps 49 or 52 li hts up at any particular time. If the light 49 and 52 should light up together, the operation is faulty or incomplete.

With the system according to this invention, a complete demagnetizing operation is automatically completed in a few seconds in an efficient manner. The operator of a machine tool having chucks controlled by the present system has to operate only a single manual switch, i. e., switch 4|, for applying power to said chuck and demagnetizing it gradually according to the invention. The other manual switch SS is used, if a simple or conventional demagnetizing step, rather than the present inventive operaticn, is to be carried out.

Although this invention has been described as embodied in a single concrete form to illustrate the principle of the invention and the invention has been explained together with the best manner in which it is now contemplated applying the principle, it will be understood that the elements and combinations shown and described are illustrative only and that the invention is not limited thereto. Alterations and modifications will readily suggest themselves to persons skilled in a the art without departing from the spirit of the present invention or from the scope of the annexed claims. In particular, the size and number of the projections and depressions of the cams operating the switches may be changed and the speeds and/or reduction ratios of the gears of the two motors controlling the demagnetizing steps varied.

I claim as my invention:

1. An apparatus for demagnetizing an electromagnet having an energizing coil, comprising in combination, a current source, circuit means between the latter and said coil to deliver demagnetizing currents to said coil, current reversing means in said circuit, means in said circuit to regulate the value of the demagnetizing currents from a low current value to a high value and vice versa, separate mechanisms to operate said current reversing means and said current regulating means, said mechanism to operate said current reversing means comprising a plurality of sequentially operable controlled devices, of which some operate said current reversing means, switch means operatively connected to others of said sequentially operable controlled devices, each of said mechanisms having an electric actuating means, separate control circuits including current sources between said switch means and said electric actuating means, means to stop said operating mechanism of said current regulating means and to start said operating mechanism of said sequentially operable controlled devices, when said current regulating means is at its low current value position, said sequentially operable controlled devices being timed in such a manner that intermittent surges of demagnetizing current of consecutively opposite polarity and of a maximum value decreasing with each successive surge are supplied to said coil and that the current values of said surges are gradually built up to a maximum and gradually decreased to zero by said current regulating means during each surge, whereby said operating mechanism of said current regulating means is restarted and said operating mechanism of said sequentially oper- 10 able controlled devices stopped under control of the latter at the proper times.

2. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a rectifier fed by an alternating current source is connected to said coil and wherein a variable transformer is provided as current regulating means between input of said rectifier and said alternating current source.

3, An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a reversible electric motor serves as electric actuating means of said mechanism operating said current regulating means and wherein said switch means controls the direction of movement of said reversible motor.

4. A control system including a plurality of sequentially operable controlled devices, comprising in combination with a source of electric power, a main circuit including said source of electric power, means to regulate the value of the current in said main circuit from a low current value to a high current value and vice versa, an electrically operable control mechanism actuating said current regulating means, a plurality of switch means respectively associated with and actuated by said sequentially operable controlled devices, a motor operating said devices, control circuits including current sources and said electrically operable control mechanism and said motor, respectively, some of said switch eans being inserted in said main circuit as current direction reversing means, others of said switch means being connected to said control circuits, means to stop said electrically operable control mechanism and to start said motor when said regulating means arrives at its low current value regulating position, said sequentially operable controlled devices being timed in such a manner that intermittent current impulses of consecutively opposite polarit and of a maximum value decreasing with each successive impulse are produced in said main circuit and that the value of each impulse is gradually built up and decreased to zero during its duration of said regulating means, whereby said electrically operable control mechanism is restarted and said motor is stopped by the respective electric switch means under control of said sequentially operable controlled devices at the proper times.

5. A control system according to claim 4, wherein said sequentially operable controlled devices have cams secured to a common shaft rotated by said motor and wherein said switch means are mounted at said devices to be engaged by the respective cams.

6. A control system according to claim 4, wherein said means to stop said electrically operable control mechanism is a normally closed limit switch inserted in the control circuit of said mechanism, said limit switch being operatively connected with said current regulating means in such a manner that said limit switch is opened and its control circuit interrupted when said current regulating means arrives at its low current value regulating position.

7. A control system according to claim 4, wherein said means to start said motor is a normally open limit switch inserted in the control circuit of said motor, said latter limit switch bein operatively connected with said current regulating means in such a manner that said latter limit switch is closed and its control circuit completed when said current regulating means arrives at its low current value regulating position.

l1 l2 8. A control system according to claim 4, wherein a normally closed limit switch is inserted CES CITED in the control circuit of said mechanism, said The followin f n e are of record in the latter limit switch being operatively connected m of t patent: with said current regulating means in such a 5 manner that said latter limit switch is opened UNITED STATES PATENTS and its control circuit interrupted when said be Name Date current regulating means arrives at its maximum 855,158 Bliss May 28, 1907 current value regulating position. 1,281,084 S w t a 00 1918 1Q 2,229,104 Littwin Jan. 21, 1941 JACOB J. JAEGER. 

